Books like Please Don't Tell Cooper He's a Dog
By Michelle Lander Feinberg
For the kid whose own imagination refuses to follow the rules, Cooper is a dog who insists he's so much more than fetch and sit. Playful, silly, and warmhearted, with a bouncy rhyming read-aloud energy.
A crocodile mistakenly turns up under the tree on Christmas Eve and starts eating everything in sight — the roast, the stove, even the tree — while one girl fights to save him.
A mouse named Chester has one way of doing everything, and his best friend Wilson happily matches him move for move — until a bold new neighbor named Lilly moves in with her own way of doing things entirely.
A beloved dinosaur bakes cookies, helps old ladies cross the street, and plays with kids in town — while one boy, Reginald Von Hoobie-Doobie, insists she's scientifically extinct and shouldn't exist at all.
A warrior princess wants nothing but a big, strong horse for her birthday, but the pony she actually gets is small, round, and gassy — and nothing like the fierce steed she imagined.
A boy sets off to buy simple things like a carrot, a hat, and a cake, but every shop hands him the wrong item entirely — a growing parade of mixed-up animals instead.
A small boy runs, jumps, and makes a mess through page after page of trouble, hearing one word from his mom again and again — until he finally gets the hug he needed all along.
A girl named Cordelia hosts a proper tea party with her brother, but their guest of honor is a T-Rex whose manners turn out to be more Cretaceous than gracious.
One overworked mother cooks endless separate meals as each of her seven picky children demands their own special food — until a birthday surprise finally brings them all to the same table.
A bear wakes up from hibernation ravenous and thin, and as his forest friends bring him roots, berries, clover, and fish, his hunger keeps growing — until it's satisfied in a surprising way.
A fiercely protective squirrel guards her babies with a determined chook-chook-chook, scaring off trouble again and again — until something much bigger wanders right onto her tree.
A rat who can't pronounce his R's gets teased at school until a bigger, meaner, smarter capybara arrives — and his very speech impediment turns out to be exactly what saves the day.
A homeless dog living in a box in an alley writes letter after letter to every house on Butternut Street, pleading his case for a forever home.
